SUMMARY

• 12 years of System Administration and IT experience in multiplatform Windows, VMware, Hyper - V, Linux5, 6 (RHEL, Centos) with hands-on expertise in networking and system integration in various domains including Banking and Finance, Logistic and Transportation
• Experience with Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, VMware vSphere. Creation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients
• Sound knowledge on Hyper-V, ESX and ESXI Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of VM priorities, Cloning and Snapshots.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of vSwitch, different types of port groups, NIC Teaming and VLAN. Worked with VMware Update Manger to update VM’s and hosts with the latest patch release
• Experience in building the VMware vCenter server and managing the ESX hosts.
• Experience in P2V and V2V conversion by using VMware Converter.
• Experience with VMware vRealize Orchestration (VRO), VMware vRealize Automation (VRA), PowerCLI
• Experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware View Composer, View Connection Manager
• Experience in areas of designing, implementing, configuring and supporting SAN (Storage Area Network), NAS (Network-attached storage)/Backup solutions in enterprise environment.
• Manage and maintain VMware virtual infrastructure, including hosts, clusters, LUNs, Update Manager, HA and DRS
• Expertise in implementing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for Win 7/10
• Extensive experience in performing System Integration/Administration for Microsoft Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server, MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010/2013 , Windows98/XP/Vista/7, Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu and Mac O. S’s.
• Expertise in remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Implemented all applicable security and application patches and required configuration changes to the SCCM infrastructure.
• Experience of FC SAN/iSCSI SAN/NAS (EMC (CX3), NetApp, Dell MD3000i, Dell MD1000) storage technology and work with SANs in VMware environments
• Administration of Active Directory in Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012R2 environment. Managing Active Directory issues such as: Logon Failures, Account Lockouts, Network Connectivity, DNS and WINS Name Resolution, Authentication Problems, File and Printer Server etc.
• Designed and deployment of VDI Proof of Concept (POC) environment to evaluate the benefits, performance and scalability of Windows 7 hosted virtual desktops.
• Experience in Installing and configuring the Antivirus. Administration of Red Hat Linux servers by installing rpm’s, mount/un-mount drives and, Manage Disk Quotas on windows servers. Post builds configurations, security hardening, user management, validations, firmware/patches etc.
• Hands on Experience of Active Directory Service including joining workgroup machines to domain managing user accounts by using AD Manager plus, configuring user properties, implementing group policies as per customer request
• Experience in various backup tools and recovery
• Experience on basic Networking like Routing/Firewall/NAT
• Experience with installing, configuring and maintaining Cisco UCS based Infrastructure
• Expertise on various monitoring tools for Device/Application/System Monitoring
• Basic knowledge on configuration & automation tools such as Chef and Puppet.
• Experience in Data Center Architecture, Design and Implementation
• Experience on Microsoft clustering for High Availability Solution
• Highly expertise in change management methodologies and principles

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Server Operating Systems: MS Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012R2, MS Exchange Server 2010/2013, Red Hat Linux (Enterprise Linux 4/5/6), Cent OS 6, 7

Desktop Operating Systems: Windows98/XP/Vista/7/10 and Mac

Programming skills: Shell, VB Script and PowerShell

Directory Services: Active Directory and LDAP.

Storage: NAS (NFS), SAN and ISCSI.FC, EMC, NetApp

Database: MS-SQL Server 2000/2005/ 2008/2012/2014

Backups: VERITAS Backup Exec, Net Backup and Windows NT Backup, Rubrik, EMC Avamar, Veem

Antivirus: Symantec Endpoint, Norton Antivirus 6.0 and McAfee 7.0.

Networking: Cisco 25xx, 35xx Routers and 35xx Switches.

Network Protocols: TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPS, VPN, L2TP, DNS, NTP, WINS, FTP, SSH, WinSCP and Telnet.

Terminal Services: Remote Desktop Services, VNC, Putty, Tera Term, Team Viewer and Terminal Services.

Others: Norton Ghosting, Microsoft Office 2000/ 2003/2007/2010/2013 and Microsoft Visio 2010/2013.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Sparks, MD

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed Virtualization Environment using VM Ware ESX 5.x, VM Ware vSphere 6.x
• Familiar with the upgrade paths for ESX\ESXi Host servers\Virtual Center Server & the setting up of networking on Linux 5 servers.
• Installation, configuration and deployment of VMware products such as VMware Workstation, VMware converter, VMware View, VCB and more in virtual environment
• Using VMware vCenter, created Datacenter Environment by creating VMware clusters, adding ESX hosts in the clusters, and implemented HA and DRS
• Installed and configured windows 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2 server and Red Hat Linux, Centos servers
• Reconfigured all ESX network connectivity utilization including VLAN tagging and teaming and also the configuration of vSwitch with 802.1q VLAN tagging
• Working on Automated provisioning using vRealize Automation (vRA) and vRealize Orchestrator (vRO)
• Developing and troubleshooting vRO workflows to automate Infrastructure tasks using JavaScript and PowerShell coding.
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware View Composer, View Connection Manager
• Performed Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations
• Used Update Manager (VUM) 5 to update patches of ESXi and VM.
• Converted P2V and V2V using VMware Standalone Converter.
• Migrated VMs across hosts within a HA cluster to perform maintenance tasks on ESXi hosts.
• Configured and managed SAN (storage area networks) and associated HBA’s (both SCSI and Fiber-Channel) plus Windows Storage server with iSCSI connections.
• Implemented VMware Horizon View and VMware VSAN for a VDI solution for remote workers and developers.
• Created schedule for patch management, system maintenance, and data backup's.
• Organized reclaiming of storage disk space by coordinating with local storage teams.
• Secured the enterprise utilizing Active Directory, Server 2003, Citrix, and Microsoft Terminal Services to provide critical business application delivery to several divisions
• Designed and deployed failover clustered Hyper-V environments.
• Migration of VMware vms to Hyper-V environment
• Created virtualized server-computing environment using the Hyper-V role part of the Windows 2003/2008/2012 operating system.
• Created virtual machines within Hyper-V.
• Actively involved in PSM VMware vSphere4/ESX4, Win2003/2008R2 Server deployment in DR environment
• Fixed up all kind of hardware failures like replacing System Boards, Hard disk, Back plane, HBA’s in Mid-range servers by coordinating with Change management and vendors for an uninterruptible delivery.
• Installed/Configured and managed various monitoring tools for Device/System/Application/Network monitoring
• Responsible for using PowerShell scripts for better management of vSphere and VDI environments.
• Worked with Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, WINS, and RRAS servers in various organizations.
• Administered multiple disjoint Active Directory Forests, Domains, DHCP, DNS and various other Infrastructure services. Trust relationships setup, dcpromo and decommission of AD.
• Installed, configured, implemented and monitored SQL Servers 2012/2014 to assure high performance and availability.

Environment: vSphere 5.0/6.0, ESX 5.5/6.0, PowerCli, Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012R2 server, Red hat Linux 5.0, VMware standalone converter, plate spin converter, WSUS Server, SQL Server 2008/2012/2014 , MS Exchange 2013, Active Directory

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage and Maintain the physical hardware and virtual environment / infrastructure using Virtual Center Server v5.0 with a mixture of ESXi 5 & ESX 3.5 hosts
• Involved in installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting of ESX 3.x, vSphere 4.0, Virtual Center, VI Client
• Managed Virtual Servers - Virtual Infra Client & VMware ESXi Server
• Experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware View Composer and View Connection Manager to make Virtual Desktop Infrastructure efficient and to simplify desktop administrative management tasks. Responsible for successfully upgrading all hosts and vCenter servers to vSphere 4.1
• Worked on vCenter configurations for setting the data stores from SAN storage on ESX/ESXi hosts.
• Installed and configured ESX 4.0 Servers on Blade Servers
• Troubleshot the VM machines using Virtual center and VMware Infrastructure client.
• Performance tuning of VMware servers, Virtual sessions and management of server resources between Virtual Machines
• Experience of FC SAN/iSCSI SAN/NAS (EMC (CX3), NetApp, Dell MD3000i, Dell MD1000) storage technology and work with SANs in VMware environments
• Involved in DR design and planning
• Actively involved in PSM VMware vSphere4/ESX4, Win2003/2008R2 Server deployment in DR environment
• Test and recommend Replication/Backup solutions for VMware, SAN and Disaster Recovery
• Managing workflow and virtual infrastructure with vCenter Orchestrator (VRO)
• Created Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling.
• Deployed, configured, managed and maintained McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise and other McAfee security solutions software
• Designed and implemented virtualization infrastructure to support VDI and troubleshooting problems within VDI environment.
• Managed, configured, and supported Active directory and Microsoft Exchange 2010/2013 including user accounts, service accounts, distribution lists, security groups, group polices and mailboxes
• Administered and supported Office 365 and MS Exchange policies
• Performed daily backup of servers using VERITAS-Backup Exec on Windows server 2008/2008R2/2012
• Setup of full networking services and protocols on UNIX, including NIS/NFS, DNS, SSH, DHCP, NIDS, TCP/IP, ARP, applications, and print servers to insure optimal networking, application, and printing functionality.
• Expertise in remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Installed the upgrades in windows 2003 and windows 2008 server by using Windows Server Update services.

Environment: vSphere 3.0, ESX 3.5/4.0, Windows Server 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2, Windows XP/7/8, Red hat Linux 5.0, VMware standalone converter, plate spin converter, Red hat Linux server, WSUS server, SQL Server 2008/2012/2014 , MS Exchange 2010/2013, Active Directory, Veritas Backup Exec

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed of latest versions of Operating Systems on demand, per requirements of the clients.
• Performed security monitoring tests to identify intrusions.
• Administered Windows 2003 active directory servers, DNS, WINS and DHCP.
• Managed Virtual Servers - Virtual Infra Client & VMware ESXi Server
• Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines
• Deploying VMs Through Templates
• Created & Troubleshot Virtual Networks and vSwitches
• Managed resource utilization of VMS like adding CPU, NICs & adding hard disk etc.
• Ensured Data Protection and Disaster Recovery by using VMotion and VMware Consolidated Backup.
• Created Virtual Switches, Ports and Port groups and setting up Layer 2 Security Policies for Virtual Networks
• Troubleshot issues relating to v motion such as compatibility issues with help of event log
• Monitored all UNIX Servers for CPU utilization, Network traffic, and hard drive space, Memory using related software.
• Managed Backup/Recovery Strategy for all windows/Unix based servers.
• Installed new Software, monitored the system, troubleshot, maintained local documentation, added security and helped the users.

Environment: vSphere 3.0, ESX 3.5/4.0, Virtual Center, vCloud connector, VMotion, VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters, Virtual Machines on Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2, Red Hat servers, MS Exchange 2003/2007, Active Directory

Confidential

Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed Windows 2000/2003 Server for the organization with over 200 clients.
• Created the User Accounts and Profiles, assigned permissions using Active Directory.
• Administered the Group Policy to automatically upgrade and repair software installations.
• Installation and support for desktops with Windows 2000/XP Operating systems.
• Provided Remote Support and administration on network for internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDP).
• Installation and configuration of network Printers.
• Provided Support for DNS/DHCP/WINS services.

Environment: s: Windows 2000/2003 Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Backup and Recovery, IIS (HTTP and FTP), Managing the Domain and Domain Controller, ISA, Terminal Services, Disk Management and File Sharing